The models will be able to be linked together to answer a wide range of different questions. The SENTINEL framework will be modular in structure incorporating many separate models which will look in detail at specific technological, geographic, and societal aspects of the transition to a low-carbon energy system. We are creating a new modelling framework, which we call the Sustainable Energy Transitions Laboratory (SENTINEL). At the core of the funding call is the recognition that accelerating this transition requires us to develop a new set of energy modelling tools, able to represent and analyse the drivers and barriers to complete decarbonisation, including decentralisation, a large-scale expansion of fluctuating renewable power leading to a vastly increased need for system-side flexibility, sector-coupling including the electrification of mobility and heating, and the impacts of different market designs on the behaviour of energy sector actors. The SENTINEL project is aligned with the Energy Union strategy and the EU’s commitment under the Paris Agreement, which implies the necessity of accelerating the energy transition, ultimately leading to the complete elimination of energy sector greenhouse gas emissions. The transition to a low-carbon energy system, as understood by the scientific and policy communities, will involve a major redesign of the energy system, primarily around renewable sources, in accordance with 20 targets that the European Union has defined. The SENTINEL project responds to the topic call LC-SC3-CC-2-2018, “Modelling in support to the transition to a Low-Carbon Energy System in Europe”, of the European Union H2020 work program.
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